Imari Cheyne Tetu
MA DRPW
Instructor, First-Year Writing
She/her/hers
Office: 281 Bessey Hall
Email: tetuimar@msu.edu
Website: ictetu.wordpress.com
Twitter: @imaricheyne
Research Interests
User Experience Design, Universal Design for Learning, Accessibility, Instructional Design, Educational Technology, Technical Communication
Profile
Imari Cheyne Tetu is a second-year M.A. student in Digital Rhetoric and Professional Writing. Her research interests lie along the intersections of UX, accessibility, and learning design. She is passionate about creating learning experiences that center accessibility principles and are based in participation, exploration, and reflection. An occasional poet and an active outdoorswoman, Imari enjoys kayaking, bicycling, and practicing dressage.
Education
B.A., Professional and Technical Writing, Saginaw Valley State University, 2020
A.A., Kirtland Community College, 2017
Representative Work
Tetu, I. C., Avilés, A., Harris, E., Kayden, E., Moroski-Rigney, K. (2021, October). Reimagining disability justice in writing centers: Practical strategies, inclusive communities [Workshop session]. International Writing Center Association Conference [virtual].
Tetu, I. C., Avilés, A., Harris, E., Moroski-Rigney, K. (2021, October). Social justice, writing justice: Weaving accessible writing communities through disability and inclusion [Panel presentation]. Conference on Community Writing [virtual].
Tetu, I. C., Maday, J. & Vennix, M. (2019, Nov. 14). SVSU writing program website: Usability study and recommendations for an improved user experience [Conference session]. SVSU Center for Experience Research and Design World Usability Day 5.0, University Center, MI.
Tetu, I. C., Kennedy, E., & Mose, H. (2019, Nov. 2). Accessible to all? Really?: A workshop examining who doesn’t visit the writing center and why [Workshop session]. Michigan Writing Centers Association Conference, Mount Pleasant, MI.
Tetu, I. C., Kennedy, E., & Mose, H. (2019, Oct. 19). The art of seeing the unseen: Who doesn’t visit the writing center, and why? [Conference session]. International Writing Center Association/National Conference on Peer Tutoring Conference, Columbus, OH.
Williamson, W., Kowalewski, S., Maday, J., Tetu, I. C., Hagen, A., & Ames, A. (2019, Sep. 28). Going Rogue: Engaging the Next Generation of Students through Programmatic Website Design [Conference session]. Corridors: Great Lakes Writing & Rhetoric Conference, Rochester, MI.
Raica-Klotz, H. & Tetu, I. C. (2018, Oct. 20). The myth of the writing center re-examined: Who we really are and what we really believe [Conference session]. Michigan Writing Centers Association Conference, Flint, MI.
Sample Courses Taught
WRA 101: Writing as Inquiry
Academic Affiliations
Graduate Representative: Rhetoric and Writing Graduate Advisory Committee
Accessibility Committee Member: Writing Center @ MSU
Certified Workshop Facilitator: Writing Center @ MSU
Regional Content Strategist: ECWCA
Social Media
Twitter: @imaricheyne